Population in Palau compared to Portugal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and Portugal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Portugal	Palau	Portugal
1960	9,328	8,857,716	-	-
1961	9,555	8,929,316	2.43%	0.81%
1962	9,793	8,993,985	2.49%	0.72%
1963	10,037	9,030,355	2.49%	0.4%
1964	10,292	9,035,365	2.54%	0.06%
1965	10,547	8,998,595	2.48%	-0.41%
1966	10,805	8,930,990	2.45%	-0.75%
1967	10,988	8,874,520	1.69%	-0.63%
1968	11,080	8,836,650	0.84%	-0.43%
1969	11,159	8,757,705	0.71%	-0.89%
1970	11,368	8,680,431	1.87%	-0.88%
1971	11,759	8,643,756	3.44%	-0.42%
1972	12,194	8,630,430	3.7%	-0.15%
1973	12,552	8,633,100	2.94%	0.03%
1974	12,687	8,754,365	1.08%	1.4%
1975	12,655	9,093,470	-0.25%	3.87%
1976	12,598	9,355,810	-0.45%	2.88%
1977	12,525	9,455,675	-0.58%	1.07%
1978	12,440	9,558,250	-0.68%	1.08%
1979	12,337	9,661,265	-0.83%	1.08%
1980	12,271	9,766,312	-0.53%	1.09%
1981	12,402	9,851,362	1.07%	0.87%
1982	12,694	9,911,771	2.35%	0.61%
1983	13,006	9,957,865	2.46%	0.47%
1984	13,337	9,996,232	2.54%	0.39%
1985	13,688	10,023,613	2.63%	0.27%
1986	14,024	10,032,734	2.45%	0.09%
1987	14,334	10,030,031	2.21%	-0.03%
1988	14,645	10,019,610	2.17%	-0.1%
1989	14,945	10,005,000	2.05%	-0.15%
1990	15,259	9,983,218	2.1%	-0.22%
1991	15,614	9,960,235	2.33%	-0.23%
1992	15,989	9,952,494	2.4%	-0.08%
1993	16,372	9,964,675	2.4%	0.12%
1994	16,770	9,991,525	2.43%	0.27%
1995	17,195	10,026,176	2.53%	0.35%
1996	17,654	10,063,945	2.67%	0.38%
1997	18,108	10,108,977	2.57%	0.45%
1998	18,524	10,160,196	2.3%	0.51%
1999	18,901	10,217,828	2.04%	0.57%
2000	19,178	10,289,898	1.47%	0.71%
2001	19,352	10,362,722	0.91%	0.71%
2002	19,503	10,419,631	0.78%	0.55%
2003	19,659	10,458,821	0.8%	0.38%
2004	19,820	10,483,861	0.82%	0.24%
2005	19,819	10,503,330	-0.005%	0.19%
2006	19,593	10,522,288	-1.14%	0.18%
2007	19,302	10,542,964	-1.49%	0.2%
2008	19,009	10,558,177	-1.52%	0.14%
2009	18,709	10,568,247	-1.58%	0.1%
2010	18,396	10,573,100	-1.67%	0.05%
2011	18,078	10,557,560	-1.73%	-0.15%
2012	17,765	10,514,844	-1.73%	-0.4%
2013	17,648	10,457,295	-0.66%	-0.55%
2014	17,715	10,401,062	0.38%	-0.54%
2015	17,770	10,358,076	0.31%	-0.41%
2016	17,797	10,325,452	0.15%	-0.31%
2017	17,812	10,300,300	0.08%	-0.24%
2018	17,814	10,283,822	0.01%	-0.16%
2019	17,798	10,286,263	-0.09%	0.02%
2020	17,792	10,297,081	-0.03%	0.11%
2021	17,783	10,361,831	-0.05%	0.63%
2022	17,759	10,434,332	-0.13%	0.7%
2023	17,727	10,578,174	-0.18%	1.38%
2024	17,695	10,701,636	-0.18%	1.17%
2025	17,663	10,687,819	-0.18%	-0.13%
2026	17,618	10,670,917	-0.25%	-0.16%
2027	17,564	10,653,073	-0.31%	-0.17%
2028	17,504	10,632,868	-0.34%	-0.19%
2029	17,436	10,611,484	-0.39%	-0.2%
2030	17,376	10,591,436	-0.34%	-0.19%
2031	17,299	10,571,418	-0.44%	-0.19%
2032	17,228	10,549,456	-0.41%	-0.21%
2033	17,163	10,526,482	-0.38%	-0.22%
2034	17,092	10,502,882	-0.41%	-0.22%
2035	17,012	10,478,843	-0.47%	-0.23%
2036	16,940	10,454,630	-0.43%	-0.23%
2037	16,858	10,430,128	-0.48%	-0.23%
2038	16,779	10,404,947	-0.47%	-0.24%
2039	16,689	10,377,968	-0.54%	-0.26%
2040	16,604	10,349,515	-0.51%	-0.27%
2041	16,510	10,321,577	-0.57%	-0.27%
2042	16,403	10,294,106	-0.65%	-0.27%
2043	16,302	10,264,596	-0.61%	-0.29%
2044	16,202	10,233,543	-0.62%	-0.3%
2045	16,097	10,201,832	-0.65%	-0.31%
2046	15,977	10,168,932	-0.74%	-0.32%
2047	15,863	10,135,159	-0.71%	-0.33%
2048	15,749	10,101,419	-0.72%	-0.33%
2049	15,632	10,066,064	-0.74%	-0.35%
2050	15,515	10,029,252	-0.75%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Palau's population will shrink by 12.2% to 15,515 people with a rank change from 194th to 195th. The population of Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.